• Four live Zoom sessions over one month
• One session per week
• 90 minutes per session
• Recordings included
• Simple weekly handouts
• Visual routine templates: morning, bedtime, after school, homework, and screen time.
• Calm-down plan template for parent and child.
• Scripts for meltdowns, refusal, transitions, sibling conflict, screen time, and bedtime.
• Q&A
Week 1 Seeing the Child Differently
Understanding neurodivergence, behavior as communication, and the Montessori view of development.
Week 2 The Prepared Parent and the Nervous System
Co-regulation, parent triggers, emotional safety, and how adult regulation changes the home.
Week 3 Autism, ADHD, and Everyday Challenges
Understanding sensory processing, executive functioning, communication, transitions, and emotional regulation.
Week 4 The Montessori Home: Routines, Independence, and Limits
Creating practical systems at home using prepared environment, freedom within limits, practical life, and respectful discipline.
• Parents of children with ADHD.
• Parents of autistic children.
• Parents of children with sensory processing differences, anxiety, executive functioning challenges, giftedness, or learning differences.
• Parents who are not sure about a diagnosis yet but know their child needs more support.
• Montessori families who want to understand how to support their child at home without turning the home into a classroom.
Maria Chaffin
Maria Chaffin is a Montessori educator, school founder, speaker, and consultant with a background in special education and Montessori. She is the founder of Seeds of Life Montessori Academy and Montessori Behavior, where she supports teachers, schools, and families in creating more inclusive, respectful, and developmentally responsive environments for children.
With years of experience working with neurodivergent children, educators, and parents, Maria brings a practical and compassionate approach rooted in Montessori philosophy, child development, and nervous system regulation. Her work helps adults better understand children’s behavior, support independence, and create calmer, more connected homes and classrooms.
Register before August 1st to get a no additional cost 30 minutes one-on-one session
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Eastern Standard Time
Yes, each live session will be recorded.
90 days
Live sessions will take place via Zoom every week on Wednesday at 7:30 pm EST.